THE CHAIN
written by Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie,
John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood
performed by Fleetwood Mac
originally from the album Rumours
this version from The Dance
transcribed by Joshua Shank
extra note from the transcriber: learn this one before the Rumours
version if you havenít already. It makes it a lot easier. That
version is tabbed out after this one.
Tuning=DADGBe (drop D)
chords used:
A5: 555xxx
D5: x577xx
Bb5: x133xx
C5: x355xx
key:
b&r=bend quarter step and release
b=bend up to a certain note
/=slide
h=hammer
(the bigger part of the song is made up of variations
of this riff)
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----3---3---------|-------3------3---------|
|-------------------|---2--------------------|
|---0-----0---0---0-|-----0--------0---0---0-|
|-------3-----------|---------3b&r-----------|
|-0---------0---0---|-0--------------0---0---|
(Lindsey does this part with the two D strings alternating)
|-------------------------------5b6-3-1---6-1---|
|-1-1-1-3-3-1-1-1-3-3-1-1-1-3-3---------3-----3-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
(the notes in italics are the accented notes)
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|-3-2-0-0ó-0--0-|
|-0-0-0-3--0--0-|
|-0-0-0-0--3b-0-|
(this is the riff that Lindsey goes into after the
chorus that repeats 3 times)
|-----------0-----0-----|
|-3-----3-----3-----3---|
|-2---2---3-----3-----3-| (repeat 3 times)
|-0-0-------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------0-----0-----0-----|
|-3-------3-----3-----3-3-|
|-2---3-----3-----3-----2-| (then to the bass run}
|-0-0-------------------0-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
(bass solo tabbed for regular guitar)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------0-1-0-------0---|
|-0/5-5-------5-3-5---0-|
Chorus:
A5
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again.
D5 Bb5 C5
I can still hear you sayin' you would never break the chain.
A5
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again.
D5 Bb5 C5
I can still hear you sayin' you would never break the chain.
Verse 2(use the same progression as verse 1):
Listen to the wind blow
Down comes the night
Runnin' in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies
Break the silence
Damn the dark
Damn the light
(the solo at the end is really easy, Iíll just show you the
notes to hit and youíll be able to figure it out from there.)
|-----|-10-8-|-13-10-|-17-15-13-10-|
|-1-3-|------|-------|-------------|
|-----|------|-------|-------------|
|-----|------|-------|-------------|
|-----|------|-------|-------------|
|-----|------|-------|-------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Now for the other version)
THE CHAIN
this version from the album Rumours
transcribed by Josh Shank
The ONLY difference between the two versions is that the Rumours
one is capoed on the second fret and has a different intro.)
(that intro goes like this. There are different variations
of this riff.)
Tuning=DADGBe
capo on second fret
|-------------0---------|
|-------1---------------|
|---2-------2-----------|
|-----0-------0---0---0-|
|---------3-------------|
|-0-------------0---0---|
|-------------------|
|-------1-----1-1h3-|
|---2-------2-------|
|-----0-------0-----|
|---------3---------|
|-0-------------0---|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bass tabs
transcribed by Pete White
There is no bass for about the first minute of the song.
Then, at:
"And if you don't love me now..."
G:|-----------------|----------------------------|
D:|-----------------|----------------------------|
A:|-----------------|----------------------------|
E:|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/12-12-10-8-8-8-10-10-10....
Then it repeats itself once, and then the bass cuts out again.
Later, it does basically the same thing, with a couple little frills,
like some 5-3-5 bits in the first part.
Then the end part goes like this:
G:|---------------------|
D:|---------------------|
A:|-0-0-2-3-2-0---0-2---|
E:|-------------3-----0-|
It repeats itself over and over, with a few slides and such thrown in
for fun.